Puspan. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(2), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3387, provided that:
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Retroactive Effective Date and Application
“(A)Effective date.—The amendments made by paragraph (1) [enacting this section] shall take effect as of September 11, 2001.
“(B)Review of certain previous incidents.—The Secretary concerned shall undertake a review of each death or wounding of a member of the Armed Forces that occurred between September 11, 2001, and the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 2014] under circumstances that could qualify as being the result of an attack described in section 1129a of title 10, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), to determine whether the death or wounding qualifies as a death or wounding resulting from an attack by a foreign terrorist organization for purposes of the award of the Purple Heart pursuant to such section (as so added).
“(C)Actions following review.—If the death or wounding of a member of the Armed Forces reviewed under subparagraph (B) is determined to qualify as a death or wounding resulting from an attack by a foreign terrorist organization as described in section 1129a of title 10, United States Code (as so added), the Secretary concerned shall take appropriate action under such section to award the Purple Heart to the member.
“(D)Secretary concerned defined.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Secretary concerned’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code.”